Walmart Sweetens the Pot for Holiday Layaway Shoppers

Date: Aug 21 2012

Filed under: Wal-Mart Stores, Retail, Holidays

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Walmart (WMT) is offering a better deal to layaway shoppers this coming holiday season, the latest sign that pay-in-installment programs continue to see a revival among retail chains.

The nation’s biggest retailer, which resumed layaway last year after ditching it in 2006, will refund shoppers their $15 sign-up fee in the form of a Wal-Mart gift card when they make their final payment installment.

Layaway at Walmart will be available nationwide on Sept. 16 — a full month earlier than last…

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